Theresa May accused of ABANDONING Brexit amid Tory civil war

Brexiteer Tory Andrea Jenkyns asked the Prime Minister why she had backed away from her “Brexit means Brexit” position at PMQs.

May dismissed the accusation, claiming Jeremy Corbyn was "plain wrong" on Brexit approach before attacking the Labour leader's decision to protest against US President Donald Trump.

Corbyn opened by claiming the Government has "sunk into a mire of chaos and division" and asked the PM to guarantee Cabinet ministers will "fully co-operate with the police investigation" following an Electoral Commission report into Vote Leave.

The bad-tempered exchanges between the two leaders came after Ms Jenkyns asked: "Can the Prime Minister inform the House at what point it was decided Brexit means Remain?"

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Shouts emerged from across the Commons, before Mrs May replied: "At absolutely no point because Brexit continues to mean Brexit.

"If I can say to her, I know that she wants us to talk about the positives of Brexit and I agree with her, we should be talking about the positive future for this country.

"I understand she's also criticised me for looking for a solution that is workable, I have to say I disagree with her on that - I think what we need is a solution that is going to work for the United Kingdom to ensure we leave the European Union and embrace that bright future."

Boris Johnson watched from the Tory backbenches one week after resigning as Foreign Secretary over Brexit.

He is expected to give a controversial resignation speech in the Commons this afternoon.

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In his final question, Mr Corbyn told the Commons: "With only three months to go until the final withdrawal agreement is due to be signed the Brexit Secretary (David Davis) has resigned, the White Paper is in tatters, the new Brexit Secretary (Dominic Raab) is skipping negotiations, two years of negotiations with themselves and they wanted to shut down Parliament for five days.

"They've even given up negotiating with each other.

"Isn't it the case that the Government is failing to negotiate Brexit, failing to meet the needs of the country because they are far too busy fighting each other?"

May replied: "Let me tell you what I've been doing over the last week.

"While I was agreeing the future of Nato with President Trump, he was joining a protest march against him.

"While I was delivering a plan for our future trade with the EU, he was delivering a plan to teach children how to go on strike.

"And while I was negotiating our future security relationship with Europe, he was renegotiating the definition of anti-Semitism.